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Franklin v. Winn Dixie Raleigh, Inc.

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Dec 1, 1995
342 N.C. 404 (N.C. 1995)

Summary

holding that amendment substituting "Winn Dixie Raleigh, Inc." for "Winn Dixie Stores, Inc." was adding a new party and not correcting a misnomer when both were separate corporations

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Opinion

No. 610A94

Filed 8 December 1995

Appeal by plaintiffs pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 117 N.C. App. 28, 450 S.E.2d 24 (1994), affirming the trial court's dismissal of plaintiff's action entered by Weeks, J., on 2 July 1993 in Superior Court, Wake County. On 9 February 1995, this Court allowed discretionary review of additional issues. Heard in the Supreme Court 16 November 1995.

Marvin Schiller and William E. Moore, Jr., for plaintiff-appellants.

Patterson, Dilthey, Clay Bryson, L.L.P., by G. Lawrence Reeves, Jr., for defendant-appellee.


The decision of the Court of Appeals is affirmed based on the authority of Crossman v. Moore, 341 N.C. 185, 450 S.E.2d 715 (1995).

AFFIRMED.

Justice Orr did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.


Summaries of

Franklin v. Winn Dixie Raleigh, Inc.

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Dec 1, 1995
342 N.C. 404 (N.C. 1995)

holding that amendment substituting "Winn Dixie Raleigh, Inc." for "Winn Dixie Stores, Inc." was adding a new party and not correcting a misnomer when both were separate corporations

Summary of this case from Liss v. Seamark Foods
Case details for

Franklin v. Winn Dixie Raleigh, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:EUGENE K. FRANKLIN, DAVID L. FRANKLIN, Co-Executors of the Estate of Henry…

Court:Supreme Court of North Carolina

Date published: Dec 1, 1995

Citations

342 N.C. 404 (N.C. 1995)
464 S.E.2d 46

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